The Parks

What The Parks does

The Parks Companies (operating as Parks Livestock, with the Parks Family Meats sub-brand) is a privately held, fourth-generation livestock marketing organization headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina with primary offices in Danville, Illinois. Founded in 1976 by Lawrence Parks in Oakwood, Illinois, the company has expanded through acquisitions of additional facilities into a 29-site network spanning 11 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces. Its core product is swine marketing — the sorting and sale of cull sows, finishing culls, market hogs, feeder pigs, and weaner pigs — augmented by Early Weans & Feeder Pigs placement, contract finishing buildings (approximately 175,000 wean-to-finish spaces across Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois), TQA-certified transportation services, bio-security trailer wash facilities, and a USDA-inspected roaster-pig processing plant in Warsaw, NC (15,000 sq. ft., 400 pigs/day capacity) operated under the Parks Family Meats sub-brand.

Revenue is generated entirely through transaction-based fees across each service line — marketing commissions on livestock sold, custom processing fees for harvested pigs, trailer-wash service fees, and per-space contract revenue for finishing buildings — with no pricing publicly disclosed. The go-to-market model is direct enterprise field sales: regional facility managers and a sales coordinator engage swine producers and specialty processors across North America, leveraging on-site presence and logistics coordination rather than any digital marketplace or platform. Customers are organized vertically into Swine Producers (hog farmers seeking maximum value for cull production, market hogs, feeder pigs) and Specialty Processors (meat processors requiring precisely sorted supply); a tertiary use-case segment serves nursery/finishing operations needing placement support during flow disruptions. Ownership and management remain concentrated within the founding Parks family (CEO Lawrence Parks; CFO Nicole Crites; COO Charisse Cromwell; with multiple family members in operational roles), with no external investors, private equity ownership, or IPO activity disclosed.

Name

The Parks

Legal name

The Parks Companies

Website

https://parkslivestock.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Parks Companies is a fourth-generation, privately held swine marketing and integrated livestock services provider operating 29 facilities across 11 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces, serving swine producers and specialty processors with sorting, transportation, bio-security trailer washes, USDA-inspected processing, and contract finishing buildings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Livestock Marketing Services

NAICS

Hog and Pig Farming (112210), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116), Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (311611)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Meat Packing Plants (2011), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Wean-to-Finish Hog Operations (AFAEAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hog Slaughtering (Harvest & Evisceration) (AFANABAA), Feeder Pig Production & Sales (AFAEAEAH)

Keywords

• Swine marketing services
• Livestock transportation
• Trailer wash services
• Pork processing services
• Wean-to-finish contracts

Headquarters

HQ city

Danville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices38 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Swine Marketing Services: Transaction-based livestock marketing fees charged to producers bringing cull production, market hogs, and feeder pigs to company facilities for sorting and sale to processors.
2. Harvest & Processing (Parks Family Meats): Custom processing fees for roaster pig harvesting. Company processes 400 per day capacity at Warsaw, NC facility. Revenue from wholesale/retail distribution of premium roaster pigs.
3. Trailer Wash Services: Bio-security services for livestock transporters at multiple locations in North Carolina, Iowa, and Minnesota.
4. Finishing Building Contracts: Contract wean-to-finish spaces for swine producers. Company partnered on approximately 45,000 spaces in 2006 and completed construction of approximately 130,000 additional spaces from 2011-2020.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Parks Companies provides swine marketing services through 29 facilities across 11 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces, sorting and selling cull sows, finishing culls, market hogs, feeder pigs, and early weans to specialty processors and producers. The company complements marketing with livestock transportation (TQA-certified drivers), bio-secure trailer washing, contract wean-to-finish finishing spaces (~175,000 across IA/MO/IL), and USDA-inspected roaster pig harvesting and processing through its Parks Family Meats sub-brand in Warsaw, NC.

Product overview

The Parks Companies operates as a diversified livestock marketing organization offering an integrated portfolio of swine industry services. The core offering centers on Swine Marketing (29 facilities across North America handling cull sows, market hogs, and feeder pigs) complemented by Early Weans & Feeder Pigs marketing. These marketing operations are supported by ancillary services including Transportation (fleet with TQA-certified drivers), Trailer Washes (bio-security facilities), and Harvest & Processing through the Parks Family Meats sub-brand (roaster pig processing in Warsaw, NC). The company also operates Finishing Buildings (approximately 175,000 wean-to-finish spaces). This integrated approach allows The Parks Companies to serve producers from pig sourcing through marketing, transportation, processing, and finishing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Parks Family Meats: Premium roaster pig processing operation selling into wholesale and retail markets, providing custom processing services, and serving as a quality outlet for lights and BBQ pigs. Located in Warsaw, NC.

Products and services

• Swine Marketing Livestock marketing service operating 29 facilities across 11 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces, handling cull sows, finishing culls, market hogs, and feeder pigs through a precise sorting system to maximize value for producers and specialty processors.
• Early Weans & Feeder Pigs

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Smithfield Foods: Largest U.S. pork processor and hog producer. While vastly larger and vertically integrated from farm to bacon, Smithfield is the dominant counterparty buyer for hogs that The Parks sorts and markets.
• Tyson Foods: Diversified protein major (pork, beef, poultry) operating some of the largest U.S. pork processing plants. A primary downstream buyer shaping demand and pricing for sorted hogs flowing through The Parks' marketing system.
• Hormel Foods: Branded and processed pork products company with vertically integrated production. Significant processor-side comparable in channel overlap with Parks Family Meats' wholesale/retail roaster pig business.
• JBS USA: Global protein major with significant U.S. pork operations — a key prospective buyer of sorted market hogs and cull sows marketed through The Parks' facilities.

Direct peers

• Iowa Select Farms: Family-owned Iowa-based pork producer with very large-scale wean-to-finish operations and on-farm marketing; overlaps directly with The Parks' finishing buildings and Midwestern marketing footprint.
• Prestage Farms: Family-owned swine and turkey producer with vertically integrated production, processing, and marketing, closely mirroring The Parks' combination of contract finishing and value-added processing.
• Carthage System: Independent swine production management and marketing company with multi-state facilities, comparable to The Parks for its role as a third-party marketing/production intermediary serving independent hog farmers.
• The Maschhoffs: Fifth-generation family-owned swine production and marketing company operating across the Midwest, comparable to The Parks in combining production, marketing, and transportation services for independent and contract hog producers.
• Country View Family Farms: Family-business focused swine production and marketing network with contract finishing relationships across multiple U.S. states — directly comparable in scale and model to The Parks' operations.

Regional players

• Hatfield Quality Meats: Pennsylvania-based pork processor with sourcing and finishing relationships across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest; a comparable regional player in scale of hog sourcing and value-added pork processing similar to Parks Family Meats.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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